So why is it I can talk to a stranger but not to my loved ones? Why is everything in my life changing so much? Why am I so different now? …Basically, What the hell is going on? Talking to Dr. Gifford made me realize a lot. But it also brought a lot to my attention I hadn’t even noticed before. I have a lot to think about and a lot to figure out. This time away has also made me realize how I need time to myself a lot more often and for more extended periods of time. I’m just a mess and I never knew how deeply Cancer can affect you other than physically. I also never bother to think about how deeply everyday things can bother you. As I’m getting older im starting to understand what my mom went through raising me and keeping a roof over our heads and all the other problems I took for granted. I’m really going through a lot inside my head and I’m not sure what to do or who to talk to about it anymore. I don’t want Mike to be this sick, I don’t know if I can take care of him. How do you take care of someone who can’t move their head, or can’t walk? How do you deal with an Alzheimer person? I spent so much time helping care for elderly and handicapped people with my mom and then taking care of my mom, it consumed most my teenage years, I don’t want to have to do again and I’m not even sure I can. I’m so scared of it I can’t think straight. I can’t handle the arguing between the guys and the yelling and everyone not being on the same page anymore. This isn’t what I signed on for. Everyone was so patient with me during my cancer scare and ordeal but I’ve barely gotten over it and everything else starts falling apart and I feel like my wants and needs are just not important. It’s like “you survived the cancer and got good news so it’s over with and I don’t need to worry or think about you anymore”. Things were so much better when we first got here, I can’t believe how far we’ve fallen from then. I wish things could be like they were or at least somewhat like that. I do know I need to get rid of a lot more stuff and downsize a great deal and stop buying things that aren’t that important anymore. Staying in a place like this makes me realize how much I can. Really do with out. Now I just to put it into action. I need to change a lot about my life if I want to survive without the help of Psychological help.















